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CALL FOR A UN CONVENTION ON THE
RIGHTS OF OLDER PEOPLE - PETITION - JUNE 15 WORLD ELDER ABUSE AWARENESS DAY
SIGN PETITION FOR A UN CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF OLDER
PEOPLE
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CEDAW COMMITTEE GENERAL RECOMMENDATION ON OLDER WOMEN
& PROTECTION OF THEIR HUMAN RIGHTS
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Why
Do We Need a UN Convention?
Age discrimination and ageism are tolerated
across the world. Older people experience discrimination and violation of their
rights at a family, community and institutional level.
Unprecedented demographic ageing means that
the number of people who may experience age discrimination and violation
of their rights in old age is likely to increase.
Older people have specific requirements
which are necessary to guarantee their rights. However, existing human rights
instruments do not adequately articulate what they are. Neither do they clarify
governments' obligations to protect older people's rights.
As a result, attention to older people's
rights by human rights monitoring mechanisms, governments, the human rights
community and civil society has been completely inadequate and older
people's rights are not being sufficiently protected.
What Would a Convention Do?
A convention on the rights of older people
would protect older people's rights under international law. It would also:
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